If you pursue a degree in general music, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #73 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for general music students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 135 degrees in general music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The general music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Music rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Music Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general music degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Yale University if you wish to pursue a degree in general music. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 general music students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.
University of Connecticut is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general music. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 37 general music students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
University of Hartford is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general music. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford. This university ranks 11th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 23 general music students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent data year.
Eastern Connecticut State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general music. ECSU is a small public university located in the fringe town of Willimantic. This university ranks 16th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 10 general music students who graduated with this degree at ECSU in the most recent year we have data available.
SCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of New Haven. This university ranks 12th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 5 general music students who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #698 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of New Haven is a great university overall.
There were about 3 general music students who graduated with this degree at University of New Haven in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Danbury, WestConn is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 9 general music students who graduated with this degree at WestConn in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #678 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CCSU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 general music students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 24th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 6 general music students who graduated with this degree at UBridgeport in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The general music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Music rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
